Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/10/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Stephen Gandy wrote (in part): > One of Cohn's biggest faults, on the other hand, > was throwing good money after bad > by investing in the no sales R system This is just a wild guess, but I wonder whether Solms decided to keep the R line going and developed the R digital back before tackling the digital M because: 1) They saw a relatively quickly viable way to adapt an existing product (the R8/R9) to the new technology, rather than design a whole new camera. 2) They realized that given the sensor size restrictions and resultant crop factor, users would be happier with a digital R, with its available ultra-wides and the 21-35 zoom. With the crop factor of the future digital M, there will no doubt be considerable displeasure until new fast wide lenses become available from somewhere. I agree with Stephen that if prices increase soon, there are lousy times ahead. Who will pay more than current new USA prices? Emanuel Lowi Montreal ______________________________________________________________________ Post your free ad now! http://personals.yahoo.ca